“Quentyn Martell almost laughed aloud. The gods are mad.”

“Ser Arys was pleasant company abed, but wit and he were strangers. (Arianne Martell)”

“Do you think I do not know that? Oberyn is with me every time I close my eyes.” Doran Martell”

“Sing a song if you like.” “Aloud?”“In your head.”

“No one sang up there. No one ever laughed too loud. Even the gods were silent.”

“Madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land.”

“All you Westerosi make a shame of loving. There is no shame in loving. If your septons say there is, your seven gods must be demons. In the isles we know better. Our gods gave us legs to run with, noses to smell with, hands to touch and feel. What mad cruel god would give a man eyes and tell him he must forever keep them shut, and never look at all the beauty in the world? Only a monster god, a demon of the darkness.”